Spinal Tech

Medtronic has opened a new Center of Excellence in Singapore. The company also recently opened an office in Bangladesh. The Center of Excellence is designed to test, design and sell business models for emerging Asian markets.

Boulder, Colo.-based Crosstrees Medical received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation Pod System.

The Corporate Director Forum has named Jack Blair, NuVasive's board member, as Director of the Year for Corporate Governance.

Leesburg, Va.-based K2M has entered the spinal device market in France when the first surgeon used its MESA Deformity Spinal System at a hospital in Lyon, France.

Vivex Biomedical, a biomedical startup focusing on implant technologies and stem cell therapies, raised $7.4 million to use its technology for spinal fusion and other applications, according to an Atlanta Business Chronicle report.

Alphatec Spine's parent company, Alphatec Holdings, will begin restructuring the business operations of its French affiliate, Scient'x.

Trinity Orthopedics, the San Diego-based developer of spine technology, has acquired Expanding Concepts' patent portfolio.

Here are eight key notes on major spine and orthopedic medical device companies.

Nextremity Solutions, a five-year-old New Jersey-based orthopedic device company, will relocate its headquarters to Warsaw, Ind., according to a Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly report.

Princeton, N.J.-based Regentis Biomaterials released clinical data supporting the safety and efficacy of GelrinC, an implant for treating articular cartilage in injured knees.